News.am writes.
One week after the tragic accident in the Ushi turns, the driver of the truck, 41-year-old Y.D., has been transferred from the intensive care unit to the hospital ward. As a reminder, on November 3, a multi-vehicle accident occurred in the Ushi turns, resulting in the death of 9 people.
The police are on duty near the entrance to the hospital ward—in the corridor:
NEWS.am talked today with Y.D., who provided details about the tragic incident. According to the man, that day he was coming to Armenia from the Russian Federation with a truck loaded with corn. He says the truck was in good condition, it had passed technical inspection in Russia, with no defects found. The accident happened because the brakes suddenly stopped working.
We present the driver's words in full.
"I was driving the vehicle, Lars—Kazbek mountain, which is a difficult road. I was personally behind the wheel, everything was fine, I passed through, arrived in Aparan, stayed there about half an hour, then started to descend slowly, saw it was a descent, pressed the brakes to switch the vehicle from 7th to 4th gear, but the vehicle ran away, the brakes failed, the speed sharply increased, I pulled all the handbrakes until the accident, but the vehicle wouldn’t stop in any way. I cannot say what the reason was. I am certain that the brakes failed, I continuously honked the horn to signal that there was a problem with my vehicle. I warned them before the collision to somehow get away. I had no other place to go, I either had to enter the oncoming lane or continue on my path. As for the oncoming lane, no matter what, even if the vehicle would not stop, you are not allowed to enter the oncoming lane, because if you do, you are automatically 100% at fault."
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